Who said goods and services tax (GST) is a tax and accounting game? It has also brought the poet out in some. A WhatsApp message circulated by an association of transporters and tyre dealers urges its members to accept the new GST regime wholeheartedly. “Iss soch ko hum salaam karte hain/GST se mat ghabrao/isse apnao aur vyapar badhao” (we salute this new thinking/don’t fret over GST/accept it and increase your business), it says. A motivational message follows the exhortation: “Badal jao waqt ke saath/ya phir waqt badalna seekho/majboorion ko mat koso/har haal mein chalna seekho” (change with time or learn to change time/don’t plead helplessness/learn to move forward under all circumstances).
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